Test report and technical data Sharp GX 10
The master of all colors, Mr. Take A Pic Of ME: The Sharp GX 10
Plus: gigantic color-display, intgrated DigiCam
Minus: no bluetooth, no PC-synchronisation station
The Sharp GX 10 is not only to be reached in a bathroom equipped with terracotta tiles!
Hair is being washed and the head smoothly lies on the surface of the water. My body is covered with an almond-fragrance.
Softly glimmerling skin in the mirror. Drops drip off wet hair. On terracotta tiles. The Sharp GX 10 makes an alarm in vibratory intervalls. The wet finger opens up the flappable mobile with antenna and looks at the message received. Still one hour to go.
Long legs are pulled into red nylon and find their end in red shoes. The mint-green dress with a buckle on the waiste makes me look slim. The Sharp GX in silver colour, merely weighing 107 g and with dimensions of 97 x 49 27 mm, smoothly glides into a small brown bag. The lips are painted red, the eyes are underlined in black colour. The hair is pinned up to the back. A cigarette in the mouth. Ordering a cab while smoking using the Sharp GX 10. The keys are to be accessed as well with long finger nails.
Passing the city in moonlight. Red traffic lights stop any kind of movement. A call. Blinking azure-blue flashlight coming from the Sharp GX 10. The outer screen shows Henry. New display on the Sharp GX 10 next to time, date, reception - and battery level. Everything well-legible. The ringer tone of the Sharp GX 10 is a bit too loud. The only non-glimmering key of the Sharp GX 10: the volume key on the side of the Sharp GX 10. It is hard to be accessed and is covered with a boring grey synthetic. Voices contact another via the opened Sharp GX 10. Good reception. I'll be at the vernissage in about 10 minutes. My adrenaline level rises. The silver device Sharp GX 10 lies smoothly in my hand and cools me down.
My heels make noises on the asphalt and I walk up the stairs. Shake-hands in a wide open room. A mixture of voices is to be heard coming from behind the paintings, which display black-and-white industrial images. The motives are barely to be seen due to cigarette smoke. The Sharp GX 10 must have it! On its memory. I record with the built-in camera of the Sharp GX 10. There are three different image sizes available: 288 x 352, 120 x 160 und 60 x 80 Pixels. The DigiCam has a 2x zoom, which can however only be used with resolutions of 120 x 160 and 60 x 80 Pixels. In order to take good pics, sudden movements have to be avoided with the Sharp GX 10. The Camera is non-suitable for dynamic images. The Sharp GX 10 can well forward pics to other mobiles. Only sending the pics via e-mail compromises the quality of the pics.
I already have the text for the catalogue in my head and in the Sharp GX 10 the pics. Pics are taken while the Sharp GX 10 is closed. The DigiCam is located on the outside screen. The pics of the Sharp GX 10 are taken via a mirror, which is located left of the DigiCam. A diode flahes up in green colour when pics are taken.
A woman stands next to me. Suddenly. Maybe she's a press-woman. Maybe she wants an inerview for a magazine? The woman stares at my hand. The left hand becomes the catwalk of the Sharp GX 10. When turned around the Sharp GX 10 shows an integrated speaker and a flattened battery. On the bottom of the Sharp GX 10 the charger interface can be perceived. Turned to the right, the interface of the hands-free. The infrared interface is located on the top, right next to the antenna. My fingers turn the Sharp GX 10 to its front again and open it up. The masc of a silver case falls.
The colour display gliltters in the smoke of the cigarette: The Sharp GX 10 shows its colorful inner life with over 65.536 colors on its main screen, bedded in a black frame. The Sharp GX 20 covers almost 21 lines in its smallest format. The Sharp GX 10 is a mobile highlight. The woman goes mad due to the Sharp GX 10.
She looks at the pics on the screen: richness of contrast combined with color-intensity make her turn pale in her creme-colored dress. The Sharp GX 10 allows you to regulate the brightness of its screen. The according key for that is located on the outer side of the Sharp GX 10.
"The mobile phone Sharp Gx 10 is no powder box", I say, " it's a creative instrument! Not even a jewellery box. The Sharp GX 10 is no spoiled brat. The Sharp GX 10 is unisex." Man 1 and 2 stand right next to the women. The smile. So does one woman. "Certainly Mr. Take A Pic Of Me has a planner?"
No need to talk about standard features. Mr. Take A Pic Of Me Sharp GX 10 has everything! Everything is to be found easily via the menu structure of the Sharp GX 10. With the M-key and certain number codes menu options can be accessed directly, otherwise they can be accessed as well via the navigation key. The telephone book ... "now I have to smile even harder "is directly to be accessed with the Sharp GX 10 as welcome image. You can see the navigation key right here."
There are six unisex eyes staring at the keypad of the Sharp GX 10. What I didn't tell them are the hidden deficites of the Sharp GX 10: there can only be posted three notes in the calendar per day. The Sharp GX 10 does not remind me of important meetings. In addition to that a phone number can not be made anonymous. A real software error with the Sharp GX 10. I know, I have to go to the Vodafone shop one of these days. Vodafone is a co-developer of the Sharp GX 10.
I keep up the appearance of owning a cult-mobile: the Sharp GX 10. However four eyes have already found another target by now: my legs covered in red.
"Let's start with the exchange of phone numbers instantly!" Not really..
Long legs drink red wine and catch men's attention. And pale women write down steno in their planner. She will do the interview with me and the Sharp GX 10 after all. Her dictaphone is running. I take a pic before we get started. She laughs: "I'm gonna shoot at you in a minute as well, with my question of course! And someday I'll buy the very same colorful mobile Sharp GX 10 - against my paleness."
Only the Vodafone Logo is so very annoying on the Sharp GX 10. It neither matches with the design nor the interview...
Test-review:
Technical features: +++
Reception quality: +++
Ease of use: +++
Battery stand-by time: ++
Design: +++
Instruction manual: +++
Value for money: +++
Overall rating: +++
++++/excellent, +++/good, ++/satisfactory, +/poor
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